Trimess

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

wow it took them a year to figure that out? wait they didn't figure
anything out. All they need to do is let all the operators know that
they will be fined, and spend 6 months in jail,and have to listen to
Neil McFarlanes City Club speech three times a day.(SEE BELOW)

Erik HalsteadSeriously, TriMet. You want to cut MY BUS LINE and claim service cuts are last. But TriMet has money to burn for someone to post stupid, ridiculous crap like this?? I am so glad that surfing the internet and asking silly questions is more important than performing the basic functions of a transit agency. If TriMet cuts my bus line I will be finding out - name AND salary - of the person who apparently has so much time on MY dime to post this. This is UNACCEPTABLE and as a citizen, rider and taxpayer this is a HUGE waste of the money I put in a farebox, pay in property taxes, and have my payroll taxes go to!!!

(a) Defendants and each of them established and approved systematic bus route schedules that were too tight, which they knew or should have known would cause driver safety lapses.
(b) Defendants and each of them established, approved and refused to change unsafe
left-side outer rear view mirrors throughout Tri Met bus system, including bus No. 2514. Defendants and each of them knew or should have known these mirrors created a hazardous driver blind spot during left turns.

Problem:
On April 24, 2010, Trimet set in motion what it has called the worst
accident in its history. Driver Sandi L. Day made an illegal sweeping
left turn in downtown Portland from the far right of two-lane, one-way
Glisan Street. As she turned south onto Broadway, she drove her bus
through a group of five unsuspecting young adults who were crossing
Broadway in a signaled, protected crosswalk with the walk light. Two
newlyweds were thrown clear; two young women died at the scene after the
bus ran over them; and one young man survived with critical injuries
after he was pinned behind the right front wheel of the bus.

Discussion and Updates: Until mechanical/electronic warnings can be devised or improved, the first step should involve training for Operators regarding awareness and where their efforts should be focused while operating the lift device. Tommye Gilbreath would like to meet with stakeholders about this issue.

Features and Benefits

A new set of reports by the Sightline Institute concludes that
despite Portland’s reputation as a “transit powerhouse,” Seattle
commuters actually use transit significantly more often than Portland
commuters, including not just people who live and work inside city
limits but people who live outside the city and commute here.Overall,
21 percent of commuters who work in Seattle (regardless of where they
live) commute by transit, compared to 12 percent in Portland.FULL ARTICLE IS HERE!

In an interview before the hearing, MBTA General Manager Jonathan Davis
said he doesn’t have the authority to ask the state for more money, and
later he explained to the crowd that 30 cents of every dollar spent
goes to debt payment.
“We’re probably the most highly leveraged transit currently in the
U.S.,” Davis said. The majority of the $5.2 billion in debt owed was
borrowed to pay for public transit improvements mandated by the Big Dig,
according to Davis – such as the Silver Line. Now that debt threatens
to crumble the public transit system in place today. At another point in
the hearing, Davis said, “Right now we can’t afford the transit system
we have.”

This is Al M, the guy with the blog.
I have a question for you please.
Recently, I have been filing requests for public information regarding certain financial issues over at Trimet Legal.
I have been charged for this information.
Then it came to my attention that the following group:http://oregoncapitolnews.com/govdocs/metro/trimet-salaries/
received similar information AND WAS NOT CHARGED.
I would like to know Mary why am I being charged and not them?
Thank you for your time, hopefully it won't cost me anything.